Deschooling society
Apr. 21st, 2006 09:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
birdwatcherRIVERTON, Kan. -- Five teenage boys fully intended to go on a shooting spree at their high school but were stopped after one of them discussed the plot on a Web site. The boys, ranging in age from 16 to 18, were arrested Thursday, the anniversary of the Columbine massacre, just hours before they planned to shoot fellow students and school employees, authorities said. Sheriff's deputies found guns, ammunition, knives and coded messages in the bedroom of one suspect. Authorities also found documents about firearms and references to Armageddon in two suspects' school lockers.
Cherokee County Sheriff Steve Norman said that the potential victims were popular students and that the suspects may have been bullied.
"I think there was probably some bullying, name calling, chastising," Norman said. He also said investigators had learned the suspects were computer buffs who liked violent video games.
Officials assured the community that the 270 or so students at Riverton High School were safe and school would continue as normal Friday.
Cherokee County Sheriff Steve Norman said that the potential victims were popular students and that the suspects may have been bullied.
"I think there was probably some bullying, name calling, chastising," Norman said. He also said investigators had learned the suspects were computer buffs who liked violent video games.
Officials assured the community that the 270 or so students at Riverton High School were safe and school would continue as normal Friday.
